Current Iodine Nutrition Status and Awareness of Iodine Deficiency in Tuguegarao, Philippines

Table 3

Urinary iodine and thyroid volume according to consuming ionized salt.

	Using iodized salt	Nonusing iodized salt	value
Urinary iodine	394.71 ± 237.65	336.88 ± 172.35	0.099
Thyroid volume	3.71 ± 1.03	4.35 ± 2.47	0.032
Height (cm)	155.15 ± 6.13	156.35 ± 6.27	0.277
Weight (Kg)	46.61 ± 6.49	47.69 ± 7.33	0.384